Are you fascinated by the built environment? Are you passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable? Would you enjoy working on a variety of projects with unique challenges and requirements? If so, we’re looking for someone like this to join our team as a Civil Engineering Technician in our Silver Spring, Maryland office.

Why join TDG?

At Toole Design Group, we’re working to create vibrant, multimodal transportation solutions for people of all ages and abilities. Our staff of 130+ engineering, design, and planning, professionals are passionate about making a difference in communities large and small. The pace is fast, our team is creative and dynamic, and you will collaborate across disciplines with colleagues on transformative projects across the country.

As a Civil Engineering Design Technician, you will be leading design document production and participating in quality control for the design of sustainable multimodal transportation infrastructure in a wide range of contexts from complex roadways and streetscapes in highly urban settings to signature trail projects that allow people to experience the natural environment. Your focus will be on guiding the firm’s designers to apply industry best practices to produce a wide variety of deliverables, from concept plans and design development to detailed final design plans for construction projects. You will also be responsible for working with our IT Department to purchase and maintain hardware and software for the firm’s CAD user group, training staff in the efficient use of CAD tools, managing software licensing, and overseeing TDG’s CAD practices. Toole Design Group currently operates multiple CAD and engineering design software platforms, including AutoCAD, MicroStation, Civil 3D, Inroads, Geopak, and AutoTurn. In an industry that is constantly changing, you’ll be at the forefront of delivering creative solutions to challenging projects.

You’ll be great here if:

You understand both the art and science of communicating design intent via CAD drawings and other graphical materials

You are committed to guiding our multi-disciplined team to prepare high quality, graphically consistent, and technically accurate deliverables

You are eager to develop tools and processes that increase efficiency for TDG’s CAD users

You are eager to learn and interested in developing your design proficiency in addition to CAD skills

You enjoy building strong relationships across disciplines and across offices

You revel in mentoring talented team members and fostering a culture of expertise

You are detail oriented and have strong organizational skills

You are a motivated self-starter that aspires to be an expert user of multiple software packages.

You’ll need:

An Associate’s Degree in Engineering Technology or comparable experience

At least 2 years of civil engineering CAD experience

Strong drafting skills

A broad knowledge base and understanding of civil engineering drawings

Familiarity with computer hardware, basic Windows and network troubleshooting is a plus

We’ll offer you:

The opportunity to design and implement transportation projects that positively and directly affect our communities

The potential to grow and advance in a company that prefers to promote from within

The opportunity to learn first-hand from industry-leading experts

Competitive salary and benefits

A workplace that practices what it preaches, with engaged colleagues and financial incentives to bike, walk, and use transit on your commute

About our Silver Spring office:

The Silver Spring office of Toole Design Group is our corporate headquarters. We are conveniently located just outside of Washington DC in downtown Silver Spring, two blocks from the Silver Spring Metrorail/MARC Station. Our beautiful 8th floor suite offers stunning views of DC and surrounding Montgomery County. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit. Our team is a dynamic mix of planners, engineers, landscape architects and administrative professionals. Our projects range from city-wide plans to street transformations, in the mid-Atlantic and throughout the U.S.

About Toole Design Group

Toole Design Group is the nation's leading planning, engineering, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. With offices throughout the U.S., we have a reputation for developing cost-effective, practical solutions that move people efficiently, while improving the health and quality of life of the community.
At Toole Design Group, our philosophy is simple. We believe that walking and bicycling are fundamental forms of transportation that should be available to everyone. Our job is to help communities plan, build and retrofit their transportation systems so that walking and bicycling are safe, efficient, healthy and enjoyable forms of travel. We create spaces that meet the needs of all users, regardless of whether they ride a bike, walk, use a wheelchair, drive a car, or board a transit vehicle. This is more than something we do for a living - we live this philosophy on a daily basis. Over 80% of Toole Design Group staff bicycle, walk and use transit to get to work each day.